366  Review  of  Advances  in  Pharmacy.  {Am)^T\gjgrm- 
acetphenetidin.  Although  it  was  particularly  sought  for.no  evidence 
of  oxalic  acid  formation  after  the  intake  of  pertonal  was  found. 
The  investigator.  Dr.  Cow.  advises  a  range  of  therapeutic  dose  of 
from  0.6  to  1.2  ;  he  also  suggests  that  the  dose  need  not  be  repeated 
so  frequently  as  the  dose  of  acetphenetidin. — Jour.  Pharmacology 
and  Experimental  Therapeutics,  Baltimore,  12  (1919)  343,  through 
Jour.  A.  M.  A.,  April  5.  1919. 
Russian  Rhubarb. — From  an  investigation  of  rhubarb  cultivated 
in  Russia  the  investigator  is  of  the  opinion  that  the  oxymethyl- 
anthraquinone  is  the  same  as  that  found  in  the  Chinese  drug. 
Furthermore.,  he  found  that  the  Russian  drug  contains  more  emodin, 
more  oxymethylanthraquinones  and  more  anthraglucosides.  The 
investigator,  whose  name  is  Senimel,  also  found  that  large  quanti- 
ties of  the  last  two  substances  appear  to  be  formed  during  the  dry- 
ing of  the  drug. — Archiv.  d.  Pharm.,  through  the  Pharmaceutical 
Journal,  March  8,  1919. 
The  Cultivation  of  Rhubarb  and  Liquorice  in  Switzerland. — At- 
tention is  called  to  localities  in  Switzerland  where  the  cultivation  of 
these  well-known  drugs  would  be  attended  with  success.  In  men- 
tioning this.  Tschirch  calls  attention  to  Rheum  tanguticum,  which 
probably  yields  the  best  rhubarb,  is  a  mountain  plant,  and  says  that 
it  is  fair  to  assume  that  it  would  probably  flourish  in  open  woods  at 
an  elevation  of  from  2,000  to  3.000  meters.  From  a  well-grown 
plant  it  would  be  possible  to  take  every  year  from  twenty  to  thirty 
or  more  lateral  rhizomes  for  cultivation,  in  this  manner  a  few  plants 
grown  in  an  experimental  garden  would  provide  a  large  number  of 
new  plants  each  year.  The  delta  of  the  Maggia,  on  the  Lago  Mag- 
giore,  near  Locarno,  would  be  an  ideal  spot  for  the  cultivation  of 
Glycyrrhiza  glabra,  which  flourishes  best  in  wide  valleys  on  the 
banks  of  rivers  that  often  overflow.  As  at  the  present  time  this 
region  is  uncultivated  no  obstacles  would  stand  in  the  way  of  its 
use  for  this  purpose.  It  has  been  estimated  that  if  the  cultivation 
were  begun  now,  the  canton  of  Ticino  could  in  ten  years'  time 
supply  the  whole  world  with  liquorice,  for  the  cultivation  of  this 
plant  is  quite  simple  and  the  multiplication  of  the  plants  is  very 
rapid. — ScJizvciz.  Apoth.  Ztg.,  vol.  56,  p.  257,  through  the  Pharma- 
ceutical Journal,  March  8,  1919. 
Food  Reserves  in  Woody  Plants. — Investigations  by  Sinnott  on 
the  distribution  of  starch  and  fat  in  a  large  number  of  woody 
